eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Pinterest boasts more than 1,000 ideas about how students can self-evaluate their own learning. How can we motivate students to want to evaluate their own learning? The first step is to reframe self-evaluation within the context of the learning environment rather than primarily as a task-oriented process. What’s In A Word?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Be informed before testing: Districts must thoroughly understand the tool, including its privacy practices, security measures, and contract terms, before making a commitment. Start with staff: Testing AI tools with staff, rather than students, helps avoid premature exposure of student data.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

If you’re an educator, the weeks leading up to state testing are likely some of the most stressful and demanding days in your year. You’re focused not only on test preparation, but also on each student’s specific needs. We know that educators at all levels are responsible for making big decisions based on student evaluation outcomes.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Whichever assessment practice model you use—be it Response to Intervention (RTI), multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), or any other—building a positive culture of assessment is the key to success for both students and teachers. Tech tools alone cannot transform your data culture, but the right knowledge and strong leadership can.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In educational settings, data can be derived from a range of sources–student assessments, attendance records, teacher evaluations, behavioral data, etc. For instance, consider a scenario where a district uses standardized test scores to evaluate teacher performance.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2019

CoSN 2019: How to Design an Effective K–12 Technology Evaluation Program. Schools must have robust evaluation if they want to continue to find success in technology integration, said Steven Baule, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, and former superintendent for Muncie (Ind.) eli.zimmerman_9856.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The work we are doing with Google is about trying to help people find a culture of innovation. The visit to Google, then, was one of her strategies for cultivating an innovative culture in the state. The work we are doing with Google is about trying to help people find a culture of innovation.”. Erin O'Briant. draft ESSA plan.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has historically required prospective undergraduate students to submit a standardized test score as part of their applications. Even now, as testing has resumed—albeit with social distancing, face coverings and limited seating—access to testing centers is not equal, nor equitable.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

23, 2022 – The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) selected Riverside Insight’s Cognitive Abilities Test ( CogAT ® ), the most respected and widely used test of student ability, to screen Grade 2 students state-wide for gifted programs. ITASCA, Ill. – CogAT in Arizona Schools.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2022

But when we look back at people throughout history who have made a significant impact on society, it’s not their school reading, math, or science test results that measure their success. Future PISA tests will include measures of creative thinking (PISA 2022). But does this go far enough?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2025

The five-year study, Improving Student Achievement Across State Borders and State Standards, concluded that the print, digital and hands-on program, coupled with high-quality professional learning, raises students standardized test scores. Smithsonian Science for the Classroom is available for schools through Carolina.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

Here’s what educators have to say about the 2023-2024 school year: Improving engagement and test scores with phenomena-based curricula April Pence, Edison High School Last year was my first time using phenomena-based units aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in chemistry. A culture of continuous learning Wendy W.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

As AI and digital content become increasingly prevalent, ensuring that students can critically evaluate and trust the information they consume will be important for their academic and career success.” The report is based on a December 2023 survey of national ACT test registrants.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Then, students can evaluate the AI tool’s suggestions and bounce ideas off one another to build on AI’s suggestions. In my graduate-level education course, I gave students the opportunity to create their own AI applications and test them out with teachers or learners.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

How often do you test your backups? When the auditor evaluates your school’s cybersecurity awareness training, they will often ask both for the cadence or frequency of these training sessions, including if they are mandatory for all employees or staff. Does VPN use MFA? What kind of MFA is used for VPN?

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2022

EasyBib has several great blog posts, as well as this super-helpful infographic detailing ways to evaluate an article or news story. For older students, the CRAAP test (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose) provides a comprehensive system for the evaluation of information.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

So my first step toward empowering them to drive their learning was to include them in the process of figuring out how to rebuild the positive classroom culture we had lost. Translate the Rubric: Before any assessment, we work as a class to translate the related rubric into student-friendly terms and evaluate examples of student work.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The problem is to balance the reality of today’s pressure for test scores and required teacher evaluation with the changes that can be anticipated during the next two decades. They were concerned that hiring teachers with the right skills now can save a district a lot of money in staff development later.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Over time, this dynamic instruction cultivates critical thinking skills that empower students to view problems from multiple angles, discern between reality and fallacy, and evaluate the credibility of information from a variety of sources. This leads to a culture of experimentation, creation, and inquiry.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2016

The problem is to balance the reality of today’s pressure for test scores and required teacher evaluation with the changes that can be anticipated during the next two decades. Yet in our schools, too often we’re fostering a culture of dependency, where kids are waiting for teachers to tell them how well they are doing.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Doing your due diligence as a leader and including stakeholders is how we transform our school culture from compliance to commitment, where everyone is excited to be part of a movement that improves student outcomes. Last year, I had to adjust our schools’ bell schedule to accommodate a week of state testing. Leaders freeze.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2022

are interesting test cases because they seek to reward how effective teachers are at increasing student learning, says Shannon Holston, the Chief of Policy and Programs at the National Center for Teacher Quality. Teacher performance is judged on a 19-point rubric that includes factors like preparedness, classroom culture and collaboration.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

We are on a mission to elevate the potential of every learner by helping evaluators and educators understand each student’s aptitude, skills and strengths,” said Dr. Sarah Holman, a former EL teacher and bilingual evaluator who now serves as a director for Riverside Insights.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Honing STEM acumen Mercy’s test scores are consistently ahead of state and national averages. You can have the best seed but if the soil–or culture–is not cultivated, there will be no growth. The interventionist’s presence mentally prepares the students to do math.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

EdSurge connected with Wieman to find out, and to hear about his more recent efforts to improve how teaching evaluations are done at colleges to make them more useful — and more equitable. And so colleges spend lots of time focusing on, ‘OK, how do we select the brains that'll absorb the most with admissions and tests and such?’

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

Biggest challenge: Results on standardized tests revealed that about a quarter of our 9th- and 10th-grade students weren’t reading at grade level. After enrolling in the class, students take a test to establish their baseline Lexile score. Demographics: West Broward High School , located in Pembroke Pines, Fla.,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The EIR grant will advance the Cook Center’s model through pilot testing and iterative improvements, new culturally and linguistically responsive resources, and rigorous evaluation that addresses critical research gaps. million families access to services across 37 states.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Fluent in Digital Culture — Not Academic Tools It’s understandable that many educators perceive members of Gen Z to be internet-savvy. That is a genuine advantage that young people have, because I think cultural fluency is really hard to be taught or pick up later in life.”

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Professional Learning Library : DreamBox offers educators a variety of guided resources, including webinars and interactive learning guides, designed to help educators implement insights from student learning data and cultivate a positive math culture. grade levels of growth when students complete five or more lessons per week.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Over the last decade or so , we’ve settled into a choreographed dance around large-scale, state-mandated standardized test scores. Next, people who have nothing to do with the design, administration, taking, or scoring of the tests will then use them to critique states, districts, schools, and/or individual teachers.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Create a culture in which teachers feel they have the autonomy to create or adapt their own solutions, and can also admit when a new idea or tool isn’t working as planned. Innovation requires tests and iteration. Pilots are a great way to test out new ways of soliciting school leader and teacher feedback.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2024

Entrepreneurs and developers try to make the best possible drug to treat students, while administrators and researchers (myself included) stand guard, testing and validating the treatments. According to Papert: “The content for human development is always a culture, never an isolated technology.” It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

A Testing Trap I teach in New Orleans, the first American city to forcibly turn all its public schools over to private charter organizations. As part of this system, NOPS periodically evaluates whether private organizations that run public schools should be allowed to continue stewarding public funds , resources and children's futures.

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Edsurge

JUNE 3, 2022

A key challenge is the fact that robust scientific evidence does not presently play an integral part in how most edtech products are designed, deployed and evaluated. This type of shift however, will require the edtech sector to undergo a dramatic culture shift. So why has edtech so far largely failed to deliver on its vast potential?

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2022

Addresses are also evaluated against U.S. For districts to thrive, they need more than a way to clean up data, they need a cultural shift toward quality data,” Betts added. Level Data’s proven software immediately identifies erroneous district data and provides a faster means of correcting it.

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